Posts Tagged ‘ipad’

While technologists everywhere are condemning the iPad because it’s not a thin, small, touchscreen MacBook, I’m excited as I see this as the start of a new era of computing.  But I didn’t start that way.  I was just like the rest of them.  And it started with the name, iPad.  I had difficulty saying it.  My brain wanted to say iPod so it came out like iPo..ad or i {long pause, heavy concentration} Pad.  Just the name had given me a stutter.  I agreed with the others that said it was just a big iPhone deluxe, I called it the MaxiPad and I laughed when a good friend of mine described it as, “Now I can experience exactly how my 18-month-old daughter must feel when she picks up my iPhone!”

But then it occurred to me, give this device a LCARS interface and I can put on my Starfleet Uniform and pretend I’m on Star Trek The Next Generation!   I also realized that this device could actually become the ultimate supplement to my existing computer system.  Half the work I do on the computer is researching topics for my blog, podcast, lunches with my boss and romantic evenings with my girlfriend.  Although once I got mixed up and planned a romantic evening with my boss – got me promoted – but he doesn’t call me anymore. Having the iPad could give me the ability to be surfing the web, reading magazines, and making notes – no matter where I am.  I know there are some people saying I could do that on the iPhone, but let’s face it, I’m no spring chicken and I need a bigger screen!  It would also be great to hold all my technical manuals (including my Star Trek Enterprise Technical Manual) so I can reference them while on my system or someone else’s.

I mentioned taking notes, but I don’t see the iPad as being my writing device.  That’s why I have Scrivener on my Mac.  Would I listen to music on it?  Maybe, but I have the 80 gig iPod for that.  I wouldn’t watch movies on it either – that’s why I have my Vizio TV and Blu-Ray player; and I wouldn’t being playing games on it – that’s why I have a PS3.  That may make me a iPad prude, but that’s fine with me.  Content, content, content – that’s my credo.

It will also be a great device for when I am out stalking my ex-girlfriend.  It’s gets boring in the car all night waiting for her to leave her current boyfriends apartment.

As for no Flash support?  Don’t care.  I’m fine with that.  I’m getting tired of websites with elaborate Flash – give me good content over Flash any day.  And without Flash, I wouldn’t spend all day playing Farmville, unless there’s an app for that.

I see the iPad as an addition to my computing environment, not a replacement for anything.  And this is just the beginning.  Once people starting using this device, it’s true nature will come through – give it some time.

One more thing. I tend to drop, sit on, step on, or dump soda pop on – every device I own.  So once they make it unbreakable and waterproof – it will be prefect!

I’m so sorry you had this.

This week Regis Jack talks about Pauly Shore, Olympic Curling, Family Guy, Palin, the iPad, Jesus and other stuff.

I don’t have a real good story about the above picture. Its a close up of my puppy.  Isn’t she cute.  Anyway…..

This weeks episode was delayed one full day because of Pauly Shore.  Not that he did anything to stop me personally, but I had tickets to go see him on Monday and wanted to be able to talk about him in the podcast, so I waited, and waited and now, here I am!!!!!!  Exciting isn’t it?  Ok, well maybe not that much, but it was great to see Pauly Shore again, the last time I saw him he was dead.  Well, not actually dead, but in “Pauly Shore is Dead”, check it out.  What was interesting was that my girlfriend had no idea who he was.  I mean come on, the weasel?  Who doesn’t know him, buuuuuuuuuddddy.

Anyway, he appeared at the local comedy zone and man was he funny.  Makes me wish he was working on Bio Dome 2.  He had 2, count them, 2 opening acts.  The first, Sandy Danto, was pretty funny.  He was great to warm up the, just started drinking crowd.  After him was Carlos Valencia.  My girlfriend didn’t find him too funny.  But then, the weasel himself appeared, sober and funny as hell.  This was the second show that night, so he was loose and screwed up a few times – but still great.

Last week was full of events in the Olympics, but I have to say I have become addicted to curling and not just because of the hot women from Denmark (although that does help), but because it is such a strange thing to watch.

I do talk about 10 things some guy from eweek.com thinks is wrong with the iPad, but I think he doesn’t understand what it is.  It’s like saying my car isn’t any good because it’s not a boat.

I do get off on a few rants about Palin, downs syndrome on Family Guy (and how there wasn’t any jokes about it), Elton John and gay Jesus, bodypainting in SI (with painted nipples and tightly closed legs), William Shatner and Tiger Woods (not as a couple, but individually) and http://8bitcollective.com/

I tell a story about Fett from my friend The budget Geek and the podcast with a disgusting story about a guy with a split tongue.

This is episode #081 for Tuesday, February 23, 2010 and clocked in at 43 minutes, 04 seconds.

This week Regis Jack talks about the iPad (and it’s subsequent religious following), real arcade games, pants on the ground, police stealing money over the smell and other stuff.

Apple announced the long awaited, but well known iPad this week.  Except for the name it’s pretty cool – I give you the good, the bad and the jokes about it.  And after that I still find some time to talk about real arcade games (like Pac-Mac, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, – you damn kids have no idea how fun those were), the song/man from “Pants On The Ground” (the AI song, not my fantasy for all women) and I found a new story about how Police “legally” acquired a million dollars from someone, just because of the smell.

All that and a few more bits on this weeks podcast.

And what the hell is that symbol on my blazer (pictured above)?  That’s the melting pattern for snow after I run the engine for a while.

Also, the iPad joke, well one of many jokes, is about the larger version coming next year, known as the Max iPad – get it? – Maxipad?  Well, just in case you wondered, I do get it, but I figured saying Maxi iPad would make people say, “Shouldn’t that be Max iPad to be funny?” and that’s my goal.  If you question it, maybe you’ll remember it and maybe you’ll remember me.

This is episode #078 for Wednesday, February 3, 2010 and clocked in at 42 minutes, 18 seconds.